Gandzicu in Japan
Gandzicu in Japan is held on January 1. 元日. This event in the first decade of the month January is annual. 
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New Year's celebrations are very important in Japan and are closely associated with beliefs of purification and renewal. The Japanese New Year celebration is called shogatsu, and New Year's Day is called gantan. Japan has celebrated New Year's Day on 1 January since it adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1873.
Small monetary gifts (otoshidama) are given to young children, and New Year's cards (nengajō) are opened and read. As with many Japanese holidays, food plays an important part in celebrating the New Year. Buckwheat noodles (toshikoshi soba), known as year-crossing noodles, are eaten at the beginning of the holiday.
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Tamaseseri Festival on January 3 (Hakozaki Shrine, Fukuoka, Japan);
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Joma Shinji at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū in Kamakura, Japan on January 5
Strawberry Day in Japan on January 5
Nanakusa no sekku in Japan on January 7